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away

/əˈweɪ/

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What does away mean?

adverb

  1. From a place, hence.
  2. Aside; off; in another direction.
  3. Aside, so as to discard something.
More meanings (16)

adverb

  1. At a stated distance in time or space.
  2. In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
  3. In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
  4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
  5. So as to remove or use up something.
  6. Come away; go away; take away.
  7. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
  8. Without restraint.

interjection

  1. Away with you! Go away! Begone!

adjective

  1. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
  2. At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
  3. Not on one's home territory.
  4. Out.
  5. Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
  6. Misspelling of aweigh.

verb

  1. To depart; to go to another place.
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IPA pronunciation

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about her, to pass away the time.
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandProject Gutenberg ebook #11
“Let us all slip into our beds, and be there when she comes in, just as if we had never been away.”
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
More book examples (3)
And they have sought to take away the life of my father, insomuch that they have driven him out of the land.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
In coming to a fixed determination to run away, we did more than Patrick Henry, when he resolved upon liberty or death.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
A letter to keep him away could not reach him in time, even if he should be disposed to listen to it.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27